Betty Hightower, 70, of Lewisburg, passed away Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 at the Hospice House of Southern Kentucky in Bowling Green. She was born in Russellville on May 28, 1955 to the late Albert Anderson and Ruth Evelyn Hester Anderson. She worked at Emerson.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Edward Hightower.
She is survived by her son, Michael Hightower of Lewisburg; her daughter, Tammy Michelle Rager and husband Dewayne of Elkton; her brothers, Randy Anderson and Bobby Anderson, both of Russellville; her sister, Judy Goodnight of Elkton; and her granddaughter, Caroline Hightower.
Funeral services for Betty Hightower will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, at Summers and Son Funeral Home with Bobby Collins officiating with burial to follow in Chandlers Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home on Monday will be held from 10 a.m. until the service hour.
Pallbearers: Randy Anderson, Bobby Anderson, Dewayne Rager, Dusty McGahey and Curtis Wright